On the Job with Brandy Herr, employee at Burger King in Vandercook Lake

Brandy Herr has worked at the Burger King in Vandercook Lake for four months.Larry Hook | MLive.com

Brandy Herr recently spoke about her job as a team member at Burger King in Vandercook Lake:

Q. What are your daily duties as a team member at Burger King?A. I have to clean, do prep work, make sure that everything is stocked and the dining room is clean. I have to make sure we have fresh food up for the customers. I usually make the food, and I’m just now learning how to work at the front counter.

Q. How did you get into this line of work?A. This is my first job. They like to hire new workers and give people job experience here.

Q. What is your favorite part of your job?A. The employees are all really nice and they’re fun. They accept you in as soon as you start working here.

Q. What makes you good at this job?A. I’m pretty quick at making the food. We have to keep our times down so that’s probably my best quality.

Q. What makes you proud of your work?A. I can support my son on my own. That’s what makes me proud to work here.

Q. Have you had a most embarrassing moment at work?A. I get burnt a lot on the fryer when I touch the metal fry baskets. That’s the most embarrassing thing.

Q. If you could change one thing about your job, what would it be?A. Maybe more hours; I’m always volunteering.

Q. How do you like to spend your free time?A. I pretty much sit at home with my son and play with him. I teach him how to walk and talk. I take him out to do things, like see Santa.

Q. What are your professional plans for the future?A. I want to be a paramedic. I was going to college for that. I ended up dropping out of college to take care of my son because I needed to be able to support him on my own. I still would like to be a paramedic when he’s older.